The Epic Gran Canaria is once again the start of the Gran Fondo World Tour
This same weekend, from February 9 to 11 in Gran Canaria, we already have the Epic Gran Canaria and with it the start of the Gran Fondo World Tour calendar.
“We have rotated the calendar, putting the Grand World Championship at the beginning as it is direct access. The good relationship with Epic Gran Canaria has been key” Dani Buyo begins commenting from Gran Fondo World Tour, in a bet that makes sense: “The Gran Fondo World Championship rewards events and organizers who bet on us, giving a commemorative jersey to the winner, with medals awarded according to categories, it gives a bit of recognition. Since the Epic is such an international test, we will talk about many countries together on the podium«.
Yohan Reyes, head of Epic, remembers that “We have been with the GFWT since 2017, as it is an attractive circuit with a proposal that we liked. We are in a special edition, a test of success. We have 450 participants of more than twenty nationalitiesbeing Gran Canaria it is a success«.
Maspalomas is kilometer zero of the circuit and also of «a weekend cycling experience which gives the option to chat and share with people like Luisle Sánchez, Igor Astarloa -who ran the Vuelta a Gran Canaria 25 years ago-, Haimar Zubedia, Claudio Chiapucci and Manolo Saiz. We have always wanted the Epic to be the union of athletes with merit in their careers with amateur cyclists» promises Yohan.
Broadly speaking, on Saturday there will be 115 kilometers with several timed sections, reaching Ayacata, and the next day, 75 kilometers, with the climb to Fataga.
everything with a closing party in the Dunes of Maspalomas, in a Carnival atmospherewith a small parade to the podium, with music and a carnival atmosphere.
The Gran Fondo World Tour calendar
The Epic launches a Gran Fondo World Tour calendar that this year presents some surprise: «UOnce the Epic is celebrated, we will move continents, with a novelty in Venezuela, rising to 4000 meters already in March, reinforcing South and Central America, with what we already had in Mexico and Chile. Then we go with more traditional areas, adding two more tests in the north, in Lago di Gardia and the Dolomiti Race«.
For his part «France has its presence, like the United States, with two tests, and we are working on an incorporation in Canada, on the west coast. There will be no shortage of more distant classics, with South Africa as the closing and stops in Kazakhstan and South Korea«.
And be careful: «This year, we start the gravel calendar, this time in Australia«.
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2024-02-06 06:04:06
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